Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.

You know, if you hang around this earth long enough you really see how things come full circle.

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life and let it pull you forward.

And as far as false hope, there is no such thing. There is only hope or the absence of hope - nothing else.

Life Lesson 3: You can't rush grief. It has its own timetable. All you can do is make sure there are lots of soft places around - beds, pillows, arms, laps.

Christopher Reeve understood that everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his belief that he would be able to in his lifetime, towered over his broken body.

Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night-every storyteller knows she or he is also a teacher.

Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

[On her father, Ronald Reagan:] How do you argue with someone who states that the people who are sleeping on the grates of the streets of America 'are homeless by choice'?

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

The Christian who is truly intimate with Jesus will never draw attention to himself but will only show the evidence of a life where Jesus is completely in control.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

To dream costs nothing.

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt

I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.

Unplanned process improvement is wishful thinking.